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July 03, 2022

Red zone kickers

Carlson, Graham helped along by field-goal heavy offenses

Daniel Carlson and Graham Gano have both benefitted from playing for kicker friendly offenses. But both the Raiders and the Giants have new coaching staffs, potentially resulting in them attempting fewer field goals.

In recent years, those offenses have tended to bog down around the goal line. In both of the last two seasons, in fact, they’ve had the most field goal likely offenses in the red zone. Since 2020, the Giants have kicked field goals on 37 percent of their red zone possession, and the Raiders are up at 39 percent.

Only one other team has scored field goals on over a third of its red zone possession in each of the last two years: the Texans.

At the other end of the spectrum, only one team has scored field goals on under 20 percent of its red zone possessions – the Browns.

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGES IN RED ZONE
Year	Team	Poss	TD	FG	FG%
2020	• Las Vegas	59	32	24	40.7%
2021	• N.Y. Giants	38	17	14	36.8%
2021	• Las Vegas	60	31	22	36.7%
2020	• N.Y. Giants	41	19	15	36.6%
2020	Atlanta	58	31	21	36.2%
2020	• Houston	50	27	18	36.0%
2021	Detroit	45	21	16	35.6%
2021	• Houston	37	19	13	35.1%
2020	N.Y. Jets	38	16	13	34.2%
2021	Pittsburgh	50	27	17	34.0%
2021	New Orleans	56	33	19	33.9%
2020	Dallas	54	27	18	33.3%
2020	Chicago	55	31	18	32.7%
2021	Minnesota	53	33	17	32.1%
2021	Washington	50	26	16	32.0%
2021	New England	63	39	20	31.7%
2020	Indianapolis	60	35	19	31.7%
2020	Carolina	57	29	18	31.6%
2021	Atlanta	54	29	17	31.5%
2021	N.Y. Jets	51	28	16	31.4%
2021	Chicago	48	23	15	31.3%
2020	Cincinnati	48	24	15	31.3%
2021	Jacksonville	39	20	12	30.8%
2020	Kansas City	59	36	18	30.5%
2021	L.A. Rams	70	42	21	30.0%
2020	Miami	60	35	18	30.0%
2021	Buffalo	77	48	23	29.9%
2020	L.A. Rams	57	33	17	29.8%
2021	Carolina	47	25	14	29.8%
2021	Arizona	65	39	19	29.2%
2021	Baltimore	56	34	16	28.6%
2020	L.A. Chargers	56	32	16	28.6%
2021	Indianapolis	64	36	18	28.1%
2021	Tennessee	61	39	17	27.9%
2021	Philadelphia	61	38	17	27.9%
2020	New England	48	26	13	27.1%
2021	Cincinnati	52	31	14	26.9%
2020	Denver	45	24	12	26.7%
2021	Kansas City	68	41	18	26.5%
2020	Tampa Bay	61	42	16	26.2%
2021	Dallas	65	41	17	26.2%
2021	San Francisco	54	36	14	25.9%
2020	Washington	47	27	12	25.5%
2021	Tampa Bay	68	45	17	25.0%
2020	Buffalo	68	42	17	25.0%
2021	Denver	53	29	13	24.5%
2021	Miami	49	30	12	24.5%
2021	Green Bay	70	41	17	24.3%
2020	Pittsburgh	52	33	12	23.1%
2021	Seattle	48	31	11	22.9%
2020	Jacksonville	45	27	10	22.2%
2020	Baltimore	60	38	13	21.7%
2021	L.A. Chargers	75	48	16	21.3%
2020	Detroit	53	35	11	20.8%
2020	Arizona	58	38	12	20.7%
2020	New Orleans	68	49	14	20.6%
2020	San Francisco	55	37	10	18.2%
2021	Cleveland	50	31	9	18.0%
2020	Cleveland	53	39	9	17.0%
2020	Seattle	56	41	9	16.1%
2020	Minnesota	59	42	9	15.3%
2020	Philadelphia	46	28	6	13.0%
2020	Green Bay	60	48	7	11.7%
2020	Tennessee	64	48	7	10.9%

I’m not counting on this being a sticky stat. Especially with the Giants, with Brian Daboll installing a new offense. With the Raiders, at least you can point to Josh McDaniels having been the offensive coordinator last year for one of only two kickers who scored 150-plus points (Nick Folk). I consider Daniel Carlson (pictured) to be a top-tier kicker.

—Ian Allan

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